de Forte Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

de Forte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Forte Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy341:1,798,72686,050
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

de Forte Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Forte Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Forte is held by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Forte? popularity and diffusion

de Forte is the 2,530,696th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname de Forte occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of de Forte live; 59 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent live in Italic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Italy, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 1,798,726. In Italy de Forte is primarily concentrated in: Calabria, where 88 percent are found, Sicily, where 6 percent are found and Emilia-Romagna, where 3 percent are found. Other than Italy it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 12 percent are found.

de Forte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Forte has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the de Forte surname decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Fortes941/
de Fort9344/
der Fortes893/
de Fuortes891/
di Forte88150/
de Forti884/
de Foort881/
de Forth881/
da Forte881/
de Fortis8273/
de Fartes821/
de Ford80261/
de Vort804/
De-Fort801/
di Forti75408/
de Voort7544/
da Forta752/
de Farta752/
der Ford751/
de Verte751/
di Fuorti711/
des Fords710/
De-Ford674/
de Vord671/
de Varti6318/
de Vaart639/
Di-Forti633/
de Voord631/
der Vaart5914/
de Vard531/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Forte
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